Immune and Neuroendocrine Alterations in Marathon Runners

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-494

  Uchakin, Peter N ^a   Gotovtseva, Elena P ^b   Stray Gundersen, Jim ^c  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TechTrans International   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cell mediated; Cytokines; Exercise; Humoral; Immunomodulation; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGENIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXERCISE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; STRESS;

EID: 2342658957     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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